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CNN anchor Don Lemon, reviled on social media for a commentary headlined, “STOP and FRISK: Would You Rather Be Politically Correct or Safe and Alive?” told Journal-isms categorically Wednesday, “I am not supporting stop-and-frisk” and said his remarks are being “grossly misinterpreted.” Lemon’s commentary aired Tuesday on radio’s syndicated “Tom Joyner Morning Show” as New […]
National Black Farmers Association (NBFA) Opens 23rd Annual Conference in Columbia, South Carolina 1.25 B payout to NBFA members NBFA, a leading national organization that advocates for black and socially disadvantaged farmers, will showcase a youth track for students during its 23rd annual conference on November 8-9, 2013 in Columbia, South Carolina. NBFA President John […]
DETROIT (AP) — Three people have died following a shooting at a Detroit barbershop known for gambling, police said. Several other people were wounded, and a reason for the gunfire wasn’t known. Shots erupted Wednesday evening outside Al’s Barber Shop on the city’s east side. Nine people were struck, including two men who were inside […]
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s top court upheld the sentence of the state’s only death row inmate, clearing the way for a convicted cop killer to become the first person executed in New Hampshire since 1939. Michael Addison, 33, was convicted of gunning down Michael Briggs in 2006 as the 35-year-old Manchester police officer […]
MIAMI (AP) — An American who hijacked an airliner to Cuba nearly 30 years ago as a self-described revolutionary flew back home Wednesday to face U.S. justice. FBI agents took William Potts, 56, into custody shortly after his charter flight from Havana landed at Miami International Airport, said FBI spokesman Mike Leverock. Potts faces a […]
Renisha McBride, 19, was shot to death in a Dearborn Heights, Michigan neighborhood after seeking help following a car crash, reports The Detroit News. SEE…
On October 28th, a news story broke about a Kenyan woman who got more than what she bargained for when she purchased hair that harbored maggots…
Richie Incognito could have been following orders from Miami Dolphins coaches when he went too far and allegedly harassed teammate Jonathan Martin, reports the New York Daily News. In a new twist to the story Tuesday, at least two sources told Florida’s Sun Sentinel that Incognito was asked by unspecified coaches to “toughen up” Martin […]
ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) — The 2016 overtones were clear in this year’s two most high-profile elections. Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s resounding re-election victory in Democratic-leaning New Jersey sets the opening argument for a possible White House run while Terry McAuliffe’s gubernatorial victory gives fellow Democrats — if not his confidante Hillary Rodham Clinton, herself […]
National Action Network (NAN) & Rev. Al Sharpton will hold NAN’s Inaugural Health Care Award Luncheon Honoring Health Care industry leaders serving communities of color. WHO: Rev. Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network Janaye Ingram, National Executive Director, National Action Network Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States George Halvorson/Chairman, […]
GALLMAN, Miss. (AP) — The bodies of a man, woman and young boy believed to be members of a family that went missing were found Tuesday in Mississippi, not far from where investigators recovered their burned car last weekend, authorities said. Sheriff Harold Jones in Mississippi’s Copiah County said the bodies were discovered in an […]
Marissa Alexander, the Florida woman who fired a warning shot at her husband and was sentenced to 20 years in prison as a result, will…
